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[Verse 1]
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He was twenty-five, she was twenty-eight,
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He was home grown country, she'd just pulled off the interstate
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She bought a Dr. Pepper, ten dollars worth of gas,
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She was obviously lost, but too afraid to ask,,directions
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So he offered her a smile, and a stick of Beech Nut gum,
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He said where you headed to girl, where are you coming from?
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She said
[Chorus]
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New Orleans,,,but that's another story
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New Orleans,,,that's another time,
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That's another town,,that's another life
[Verse 2]
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First she stayed a day, then she stayed a week,
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Couple of months later they were living on his parent's street
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He worked the station, and she worked the store
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And then they had a baby,
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and then they had one more,, little Jesse
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When she dropped the kids off at the mother's day out
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All the ladies had their questions
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But they knew not to ask about
[Chorus]
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New Orleans,,,but that's another story
G D C
New Orleans,,,that's another time,
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That's another town,,that's another life
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Wednesday night supper, at the First Baptist Church
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Stranger standin' in the doorway, as they're passin' out the dessert
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He said go on and pack your bags
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Cause I'm here to take you home
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I'm goin' back to Louisiana
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And woman I ain't gonna go with out you
[Bridge]
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There's a few defining moments in every person's life
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When you know what you've done wrong
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And you know what you've done right
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And before the congregation and her husband and her kids
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She says, "How dare you even speak to me
D7
After everything you did" in
[Chorus]
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New Orleans,,,but that's another story
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New Orleans,,,that's another time,
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That's another town,,that's another life
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that's another time
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That's another town, that's another life
